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THE CADUCEUS.
HOW TO BE AN
FURNISH THE rITTEST.
ARMY NURSE
Liberty Park
Camp No. 4
Sunday, June 9th
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ADMISSION
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(NEVER NEGLECT THE MEN OF
the medical DETACHMENT)
(In Answer How To Be A Rookie.)
As a new recruit in the Army Nurse
Corps, one of the worst things you will
have to contend with will be the men
of the Medical Detachment. When you
joined the army (by choice) you had
no^ idea that you would have any
thing less than a Lieutenant for a
boss. Alas, what a disappointment.
It is most important that you be
very diplomatic with the ward master
and his corp of efficient orderlies. By
all me.ans do not allow one of them
to become provoked with you. Your
life will' be miserable ever after. Cat
er to them all. Keep them supplied
with cake, jellies, fudge, and cigaret
tes from home, and of course an ex
tra package of“two of Bull Durham.
Never miss an opportunity to ela
borate on their good looks and nicely
combed hair. Also their well kept
teeth.
Always keep an extra safety razor
on the ward of good supply of shav
ing soaps and- sweetly scented pow
ders. They will be greatly appreciated.
Never forget extra nourishments at
ten A. M. for all the Detachment
Men on the ward.
Impress on the night nurse that sha
must insist on the night orderly sleep
ing at least three hours in a comfor
table steamer chair on the coolests
side of the porch.
Never let the other nurses assist
the ward master, always do it your
self.
And above all things**Never under
any condition give an orderly an or
der merely suggest.
Always sweep the ward yourself,
that is not a man’s work. You will
find pumping the fire bucket and-
washing off the porches excellent ex
ercise.
Always offer to keep their socks
darned, buttons on-and shirts mended
and if you are fortunate enough to
possess an electric flat iron keep it on
the ward for pressing trousers only.
If you can not do all these things
and still keep on smiling perhaps the
Detachment Man will think that you
are a pretty good sport after all.
(Anonomous.)
I am surprised and disappointed at
the lack of interest shown by the ma
jority of the nurses in the construc
tion work of The .Oaduceus, and I am
making this appeal to the girls to
assume some active responsibility In
making our paper a success. We have
among our nunmber a great deal of
good material and each week there
should be a general contribution of
worth while articles for our R. A. N. U.
section.
Some say, “I have never written oe-
fore.” Neither nave I. That was my
first defense and ^ enter into writing
in much the same spirit as I do a
game of bridge—just to fill in.
We want to have our nurses’ section
a credit to the hospital paper. You
can help to make it so. xi. your jokes
or sketches are not accepted at first
don’t become discouraged. Accept it
like a good sport and next time make
your article so worthy of publication
that it can’t be turned down. It is
not accepted do not blame the editor—
rather thank him for not placing a
questionable article before the more
critical. If your article is not taken
go to the editor and ask him to ex
plain to you who it did not pass. But
don t get hurt about it. The pubiica-
tion matter is a case of "survival of
the fittest.’’ Make the article b}'
nurses ‘the fittest.”
MISS LUCY H. DANIELS.
ISOLATION NO. 1.
ENLARGING PARK.
Improvements to Liberty Park con
tinue. Two new restaurants in the
heart of the amusement reservation
have been established and a photo
graph gallery has been added during
the past week.
A new novelty store is just opened
by the Imperial Novelty Cor.ipany and
is a model of neatness. The new es
tablishment is at the southeast corner
of the park. A marble countered soda
fountain and full lines of tobaccos and
kodak supplies are a part of the
equipment of the store.
The ward surgeons, nurses, ward-
master and orderlies of this ward
have been very busy of late—looking
for new patients.
Pvt. Rupprecht” Davis, our night
orderly finds it very hard to sleep
these nights as the guard snores too
loud on the front stoop.
Our staff of orderlies was strength-
ened recently by the addition of -Pvt
Goddard, fomerly of the guard.
Our family barber, Pvt. A. Fogg,
of the meningitis department, is
afraid he will lose his tonsorlal abil
ity as he has only one patient in hla
department at present.
The diphtheria department is now
solely occupied by Pvt. “Postive”
ruank of the casual camp No. 1.
The hospital corps personnel is very
much alarmed over the proposed re
turn to duty of Pvt. Lobbe of the
fever type undetermined” depart
ments as Lobbe seems to be th only
thoroughly riled
‘ keep a supply of good ciga
rettes on hand. “
We feel keenly the loss of two of
Greenfldr and
J’atty Mannier, who went to Allen
town, Pa. We enjoyed their stay with
us very much—especially did we en-
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A famous picture—Isolation No. ,S
inventing the victrola. ’
JUST AN AIR RAID.
Did you notice bow the calm was
broken on Decoration day? It was not
the brewing of a great storm. T’was
only Sergeant Dickinson just back
from his furlough.